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Recent Examples of disingenuous
That said, playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in portable mode does do the game itself a disservice and to ignore that would be disingenuous on my part.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
What’s supposed to come across as loving and supportive might instead feel smothering or disingenuous.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Bong has adapted Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey 7 and upped the ante by ten, making disingenuous reference to biblical seriousness by setting the prophetic story on Planet Niflheim (referencing the Nephilim in the Old Testament), yet there’s a basic, goofy lack of seriousness.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
There was a hunger for attention and fame in some instances that felt disingenuous.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
What’s supposed to come across as loving and supportive might instead feel smothering or disingenuous.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Bong has adapted Edward Ashton’s novel Mickey 7 and upped the ante by ten, making disingenuous reference to biblical seriousness by setting the prophetic story on Planet Niflheim (referencing the Nephilim in the Old Testament), yet there’s a basic, goofy lack of seriousness.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
There was a hunger for attention and fame in some instances that felt disingenuous.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disingenuous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
Adjective
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The cruelty of his dishonest sham, founded on disdain for the autistic community and aimed at parents of autistic children, defies decency.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Apr. 2025
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Blanketing our communities with descriptions that focus solely on crime is dishonest and hinders our efforts to achieve peace, especially those of us who have survived the unthinkable loss of a loved one to murder.—
Clementina Chery,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, mailers sent out by the California Real Estate Independent Expenditure Committee and the Silicon Valley Biz PAC have called Chavez-Lopez deceitful and exploitative of the housing crisis.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Competition supersedes cooperation, doing so in rather deceitful ways.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement on June 1 was terribly misguided, and his justification for doing so was misleading and untruthful.—
Robert N. Stavins,
Foreign Affairs,
5 June 2017
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What is more untruthful: A thing written down, or a sustained deception of the heart?—
Nicolette Polek,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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While such generalizations have historically been used to demonize enemies, there is still a contrived tendency to divide the world into land and sea powers.—
Colin Flint,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s contrived veneer is being ripped away to reveal an immoral, mendacious, transactional opportunist, without a shred of loyalty to anyone or anything but himself.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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What to Know Condemning Western criticism of Iran's military development as hypocritical, Khamenei stressed the importance of both physical and psychological warfare, according to state media.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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Republicans, meanwhile, have suggested Democrats are being hypocritical about Musk’s involvement, noting that liberals like Pritzker and Soros are also wading into the race.—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While headphones usually create an unnatural and exaggerated stereo field inside the listener’s head, with virtual acoustic spaces a more natural stereo field can be experienced through headphones.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Photos often have unnatural colors, with little detail upon close inspection.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In the most recent episode, the clans form a temporary détente at the funeral of Tommy Stevenson (Felix Edwards), with Conrad’s devious wife Maeve (Helen Mirren) scheming to draw blood behind his back.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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The demand for devious domains to successfully trick users has never been higher.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That’s on top of an assumed 3% pay increase from the state.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2025
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The assumed owner of the vehicle rushed over to the car and hopped inside as the repo man continued to do his job.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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